§ 42. Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Paymaster-General what work he undertakes as a member of the Committee of the Privy Council on Trade and Foreign Plantations.
§ The Postmaster-General (Mr. George Wigg)None, Sir.
§ Sir J. Langford-HoltWill the right hon. Gentleman accept my apologies for making his first word for several months a four-letter word? Secondly, bearing in mind the fact that he has not made a speech in this House for two years and three months, may we be assured that in none of his duties he is being overworked?
§ Mr. WiggHow that supplementary question arises from the original Question is rather beyond me. But as the hon. Member has put down the same question in a slightly varied form first in 1953, then in 1955 and then in 1967, despite the authoritative accounts of the workings of the Board of Trade by Sir Hubert Llewellyn-Smith published in 1928, the only conclusion that I can reach is that he has been wasting the time of the House.